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P. Prasanth; P. Reshma; K. M. Udayanandan – European Journal of Physics Education, 2023
In this article we find the thermodynamics of some large N particles systems and some small N particles classical systems using micro canonical ensemble. Small N particle systems are seldom done in textbooks, since statistical mechanics(SM) systems work for large N systems. We show that small N systems will help the students to get an insight…
Descriptors: Physics, Thermodynamics, Science Instruction, Textbooks
Bussotti, Paolo – International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education, 2023
In this research, an educational approach to the concept of energy is proposed. It is based on the history of physics. In 1854 Hermann Hemlholtz gave a popular lecture on the recent discovery that energy is conserved. Such lecture is used as a guide to introduce the pupils within several nuances of this concept. Not much mathematics is used, so…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Energy, Science History, Physics
Cross, Rod – Physics Teacher, 2022
What happens when a perfectly elastic ball collides with a completely inelastic ball? It is shown that the outcome depends on the stiffness of each ball. A standard textbook problem in mechanics is to calculate the outcome of a head-on collision between two balls using conservation of momentum and kinetic energy. It is easily shown that the…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Mechanics (Physics), Science Experiments
Cross, Rod – Physics Teacher, 2022
The trajectory of a ball in air is affected by aerodynamic drag and lift. In general, the trajectory needs to be calculated numerically since the acceleration varies with time in both the horizontal and vertical directions. If the trajectory remains approximately parabolic, then simple analytical solutions can be found, giving useful insights into…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Physics, Computation
Giulia Polverini; Bor Gregorcic – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
The well-known artificial intelligence-based chatbot ChatGPT-4 has become able to process image data as input in October 2023. We investigated its performance on the test of understanding graphs in kinematics to inform the physics education community of the current potential of using ChatGPT in the education process, particularly on tasks that…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Artificial Intelligence, Visual Impairments, Graphs
Frodyma, Marc – Physics Teacher, 2022
Teaching special relativity to lower-division students is challenging because results such as time dilation, length contraction, and frame dependence of simultaneity are counterintuitive. The literature is extensive, so only a brief list is given here, with articles divided roughly between discussions of general principles and calculations applied…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Science Instruction, Physics, Scientific Concepts
Bansal, Monika; Bansal, Sunil; Kumar, Ramandeep – Physics Education, 2021
Simulation of physics phenomena is an indispensable part of experimental studies. Undergraduate and postgraduate physics students are often introduced to the simulation of various phenomena as one of the most important pedagogical tools. In this document, we demonstrate the simulations of the two-body decay of a particle and equilibrium states in…
Descriptors: Physics, Simulation, College Science, Mechanics (Physics)
Secrest, Jeffery A.; Jarra, Ibrahim – Physics Education, 2022
The problem of an electrically charged pendulum above a grounded conducting surface is examined using traditional analyses, such as forces, energy, and torque. The system was numerically modelled using a finite difference method and analysed. A number of classroom activities have been suggested.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Energy, Mechanics (Physics)
Cross, Rod – Physics Education, 2022
A loop-the-loop experiment usually involves a ball rolling around a vertical loop. A different version of the experiment is described where a nut was allowed to slide around a vertical loop. In both experiments there is a large decrease in kinetic energy when the ball or the nut first enters the loop.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Experiments, Physics, Scientific Concepts
Ebba Koerfer; Bor Gregorcic – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
Statistical mechanics has received limited attention in physics education research and remains a relatively underrepresented topic even in research on upper-division physics courses. The purpose of this study was to explore potential challenges that physics students encounter when they solve statistical mechanics problems in groups. Adopting a…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Mechanics (Physics), Barriers
Greenslade, Thomas B., Jr. – Physics Teacher, 2021
About 30 years ago I taught a series of summer enrichment programs for high school physics teachers, using funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institutes. I deliberately chose teachers from smaller cities and towns who were unlikely to have contact with other physics teachers. One of my more interesting teachers came from a rural area in a far…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Mechanics (Physics), Secondary School Science
Darmendrail, L.; Müller, A. – Physics Teacher, 2021
The standing vertical jump (SVJ) is a classical topic in Newtonian mechanics (Fig. 1). Although the topic has also been treated by others (other terms used are "standing high jump" or "squat jump"), the present paper shows how a smartphone can be used to capture video of a jump and determine the jump height. A crucial…
Descriptors: Physics, Athletics, Handheld Devices, Mechanics (Physics)
Coqueiro Rodrigues, Rojans; Cardozo Dias, Penha Maria – Physics Teacher, 2022
In high school, and also in introductory physics courses in higher levels of schooling, the law of universal gravitation of planets is introduced by postulating Johannes Kepler's three laws, and later Isaac Newton's law of the inverse of the square of the distance to the Sun. The justification of the laws is only achieved in advanced courses in…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Astronomy, Motion, Physics
Cross, Rod – Physics Education, 2022
Experimental results are presented concerning the motion of a ball that bounces up an incline a few times then bounces back down again. The number of bounces up the incline is typically small since the speed of the ball in a direction parallel to the incline decreases rapidly, not only during each bounce but also while the ball is in the air. The…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Motion, Scientific Concepts
Hitier, Mathilde; González-Martín, Alejandro S. – International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, 2022
Of the many disciplines that rely on calculus, physics is among those with the strongest connections to this branch of mathematics. For instance, the derivative--one of the key notions of calculus--is used to describe velocity and acceleration, which play a central role in mechanics. In post-secondary education, in particular at the college level,…
Descriptors: Calculus, Physics, Motion, Scientific Concepts